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MAP Provincetown: Seasonal retail done right
As I touched on in my last blog, seasonal retail, especially when aimed at affluent urban vacationers, can and should provide a more sophisticated shopping experience than the run-of-the-mill. While on vacation, style-savvy LGBT urban dwellers as well as their straight counterparts, are perfectly primed for indulgent shopping and self-gifting. In the gay mecca of Provincetown, MAP, offers a uniquely curated collection of product in a sublimely simple and sophisticated shopping experience completely on target with the demographic. In a thriving summer resort town where seasonal retail is the norm, taking a curated approach to retail offering isn’t particularly new;[…]
Retail Inspiration at IDS15: The 4 most inspired ideas
While the annual Interior Design Show in Toronto is a high calibre design show, it is squarely focused at the residential market and the end consumer, rather than the commercial and retail sectors. Yet, every year I come away from the show with inspiration, not so much from the products but from the exhibits – and sometimes with big ideas and other times with small nuggets. From this year’s IDS15, here are the 4 most inspired ideas that can be borrowed as retail inspiration: 1. Caesarstone’s Swing Set A collaboration between Caesarstone, the manufacturer of quartz surfacing, and Canadian-born, London-based designer[…]